Thursday, March 07, 2013

They Want to LOWER the Minimum Wage

The conservative lobbying group Alec has been behind a major push
against the pay rates of low-wage American workers by sponsoring or
supporting scores of new laws aimed at weakening their protections, a
new survey has found.

Since 2011, politicians backed by the American Legislative Exchange
Council, which has hit the headlines for previous campaigns on voting
rights and gun laws, have introduced 67 different laws in 25 different
states on the issue.

The proposed laws are generally aimed at reducing minimum wage
levels, weakening overtime protection or stopping the local creation of
minimum wage laws in cities or states. Using language similar to “model
bill” templates drafted by Alec, they were put forward by local
politicians who are almost always Republican and affiliated with the
powerful conservative group.....

Republicans
supported by ALEC, the Koch Brothers, and other right wing groups should
be aware that the American working men and women will not allow more
rights and wages to be taken away so that the Koch Brothers can get
wealthier. Shame on anyone that suggests lowering the minimum wage. We
are not going to let the greed of some stop the progress of the American
middle class workers.